Wolverhampton City Learning Centre (CLC)

    I’ll head on straight onto the answers of the questions. If you’ve read ‘Apologies,’ you’ll catch up. Firstly, the highlights of the trip have no definite answer. It varies. You have a headlight or two on each day, and as each day is different - though not necessary in different places - you cannot compare them to eachother. What I am trying to say is that each day is and was unique, I cannot possibly give you a complex answer. But ask yourself this one question, what have all the days got in common? America, issues discussed realted to space and the space agency itself . . In fact, thinking of it, I think the highlight would be before the physical trip even began. The discovery of me having won; the confusion to purchase everything necessary; and seeing America for the first time. But a highlight of the actual trip in America? Sorry, I cannot possibly answer that.

    Secondly, I personally felt fear whilst driving to the Orlando Airport on Monday morning. I know Wilma was quite far away from us, but just the thought of it heading our way, and it out there, really unnerved me. I quote from my notepad, on the night before us departing, " . . . when I went to the living room, I stood there, watching the TV . . I had stood and sat in front of the TV, watching the weather forecasts until after eleven. I could have fallen asleep, which is why I did eventually go to bed." But even then, I recalled on the scary weather out by the Italian Carrabera? on our last night "the sky was brilliantly alight with silent but constant, so constant, lightning. It wasn’t forked, it lit up the whole of the sky, and only a minute later, a small rumble of thunder could be heard. The lightning was erratic, but after a while, as you looked upon it without fear in your eyes, it seemed regular, and, even beautiful . .but the water was so still" THis image and scenery, the tense atmosphere, reminded me of the Lord Of The Rings, ‘the sigh before the deep plunge’ is it? You couldn’t have known a hurricane was coming our way - but you knew something was.